Henry Street is a street in
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australi ...
, Western Australia. It was named after John Henry, second lieutenant of . It was developed very early in the history of the
Swan River Colony
The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River Settlement, or just ''Swan River'', was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. This initial settlement place on the Swan River was soon named Perth, an ...
with licensed premises being located as early as 1833.
Henry Street has seen significant funeral processions pass along it on their way to the
Fremantle Cemetery
Fremantle Cemetery is a cemetery located in Palmyra, Western Australia, Palmyra, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Established in 1898, it is the location of over 40,000 burials and 60,000 cremations, including of several murderers and doz ...
.
It has some significant historical buildings, including
Falk & Company Warehouse,
Fowler's Warehouse
Fowler's Warehouse, also known as the Fremantle Furniture Factory, was constructed in 1900 as the principal premises in Western Australia for D. & J. Fowler Ltd. Principally on Henry Street in Fremantle, the building extends through to Paken ...
,
Fremantle Customs House
The Old Customs House is a building in Fremantle, Western Australia that was built in 1908 to house the main branch of the Customs Department of Western Australia. It is one of only a handful of extant Customs Houses in the state; others are in ...
, the
Marich Buildings, the
Moore's Building, the
Bateman Hardware building and the
Orient Hotel. 33 Henry Street was a regular meeting place for a range of Fremantle associations.
See also
References
Streets in Fremantle
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